Indoor ski slope

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Indoor ski slopes are found in several countries, proving a climate controlled environment can be maintained in which snow can be manufactured using a snow cannon, enabling skiing and snowboarding to take place year-round.

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The world's largest indoor ski area is SnowWorld, Landgraaf, Netherlands[citation needed] (opened 2001) with a total of 35,000 m² of snow. In 2003, the first indoor snowboard FIS WorldCup contest was held in SnowWorld Landgraaf.

The world's longest indoor slope with 640 m is in the AlpinCenter in Bottrop/Germany and the world's first indoor black diamond (difficulty rating) with a 31 percent grade is in the SnowFunPark in Wittenburg/Germany.

In November 2007 Chill Factore designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects opened in Manchester, UK making it the worlds widest slope at 100m at the bottom.[citation needed]

In autumn 2009 construction started on a fourth 300 metre ski slope at SnowWorld, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.[citation needed]

[edit] Indoor ski slope locations

An incomplete list of operating indoor ski slopes in the world:

Country City/Region Facility Length
Hyderbad Snow World Australia Melbourne SkiCity Endless[*]
Belgium 's Gravenwezel, Schilde (Antwerp) Casablanca
Comines Ice mountain 210 m
Peer Snow Valley 235 m
China Shanghai Shanghai Yinqixing Indoor Skiing Site 380 m
Shenzhen Window of the World Indoor Skiing Site
Beijing QbSki
France Amnéville (Lorraine) Snowhall 620 m
Germany Bispingen SnowDome Bispingen 300 m
Bottrop AlpinCenter Bottrop 640 m
Neuss Jever Skihalle 300 m
Senftenberg Snowtropolis 130 m
Wittenburg AlpinCenter Wittenburg 330 m
Japan Fukuoka Big Air Fukuoka
Hashima Snova Hashima
Kawasaki Snova Mizonokuchi
Ryūgasaki Kamui Ryūgasaki Snowboard Park
Sayama Sayama Ski Area 320 m
Tōon Across Shigenobu
Yokohama Snova Shinyokohama
Lithuania Druskininkai SNORAS Snow Arena 460 m
Netherlands The Hague Snowdome (Uithof) 211 m
Landgraaf Snowworld 520 m
Rucphen Ski Dome 160 m
Spaarnwoude Snowplanet 230 m
Zoetermeer Snowworld 210 m
Terneuzen Snowbase 220 m
Westerhoven Montana Snowcenter 140 m
New Zealand Auckland Snowplanet 200 m
Poland Rzyki, near Wadowice Czarny groń[1] Endless[*]
Serbia Belgrade Skitrack Ada Endless[*]
South Korea Bucheon TigerWorld - TigerWorld 170 m
Spain Madrid Madrid Xanadu - SnowZone 250 m
United Arab Emirates Dubai Ski Dubai 400 m
United Kingdom Braehead, Glasgow SNO!zone 200 m
Castleford, Yorkshire SNO!zone 170 m
Manchester Chill Factore 180 m
Milton Keynes SNO!zone 170 m
Tamworth Snowdome 170 m
Hemel Hempstead The Snow Centre 160 m
Russia Krasnogorsk, Moscow Snej.com 400 m
[*]Ski simulator

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[edit] Closed

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.czarnygron.pl/sport.htm (polish)
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